The University's current voting and life trustees.
Richard B. Handler ’83 is chair of the University’s Board of Trustees and CEO of Jefferies Financial Group. He earned his bachelor’s degree in economics magna cum laude with high distinction from the University in 1983 and his MBA from Stanford University in 1987. Handler was elected to the University of Rochester Board of Trustees in 2005 and was appointed chair of the Board in 2018.
Joseph W. Abrams
Board Member, Marin Health
Quincy L. Allen
Former Chief Marketing Officer
IBM
Joan S. Beal
Retired, Studio Recording Vocalist and
Vocal Contractor
Jay S. Benet
Retired, Vice Chairman and CFO
The Travelers Companies, Inc.
Douglas Bennett
Co-founder, Phalanx Impact Partners
Naomi M. Bergman
Senior Executive
Advance
Stephen R. Biggar, M.D., Ph.D.
Partner
Baker Brothers Investments
H.(enry) Christopher Boehning
Partner
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
Elizabeth P. Bruno, Ph.D.
President
Brady Education Foundation
Barbara J. Burger, Ph.D.
Board Director and Advisor
Bernard T. Ferrari, M.D.
Dean Emeritus
Johns Hopkins University
Carey Business School
Emerson U. Fullwood
Retired, Corporate Vice President
Xerox Corporation
David R. Greenbaum, J.D.
Vice Chairman
Vornado Realty Trust
Gwen M. Greene
Retired, JP Morgan
Steven K. Grinspoon, M.D.
Chief, Metabolism Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital;
Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Richard B. Handler (Chair)
CEO, Jefferies Financial Group
Pramit S. Jhaveri
Senior Advisor
Preemji Invest and PJT Partners
Curtis J. Johnson
Former Managing Director
The Carlyle Group
Juan C. Jones
Executive Vice President of Global Support Renewal Sales
Oracle
Carol D. Karp
Chief Regulatory Officer
Prothena Biosciences Inc.
Laurence Kessler
CEO
Kessler Group Inc. & Kessler Family LLC
Evans Y. Lam
Managing Director – Wealth Management
UBS Financial Services, Inc.
Elizabeth Leight, Ph.D.
Clinical Psychologist and Educator
Amy T. Lesch
Partner, Client and Partner Group
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Sarah C. Mangelsdorf, Ph.D.
President and G. Robert Witmer, Jr. University Professor
University of Rochester
Edward D. Miller, M.D.
Dean/CEO Emeritus
Johns Hopkins Medicine
Cathy E. Minehan
Former President and CEO
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston,
and Former Dean of the
School of Management, Simmons College
Naveen Nataraj
Senior Managing Director
Evercore
Ria T. Nova
Partner, Client and Product Solutions
Apollo Global Management
Lizette M. Pérez-Deisboeck
General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
Battery Ventures
Steven F. Piaker
Co-founder and Managing Partner
Ten Coves Capital
Judith A. Reinsdorf
Former Executive VP and General Counsel
Johnson Controls International
Kathy N. Waller
Retired, Executive Vice President and CFO, and President of Enabling Services
The Coca-Cola Company
Elizabeth Ward Chicares (Betsy Ward), FSA, MAAA, PRM
CFO
Mass Mutual
Timothy C. Wentworth
CEO
Walgreens Boots Alliance
Alan S. Zekelman
Director
Zekelman Industries, Inc.
Aab, Richard T.
Ain, Mark S.
Aman, Alfred C., Jr.
Ascher, Everett S.
Batkin, Alan R.
Beckman, Joel S.
Bloch, Laurence H.
Blumstein, Sheila E.
Brownlee, Paula P.
Bruning, John H. Ph.D.
Burns, Ursula M.
Carpenter, William M.
Chesonis, Arunas
Colodny, Edwin I.
Crockett, Bruce L.
Cushman, Jeanine Sullivan
Davidson, Carol (John) A.
Drummond, Launcelot F.
Friedlander, Roger B.
Gabrellian, Ani N.
Gardner, Jerry
Gelband, Myra
Gifford, Bernard R.
Goergen, Robert B.
Hajim, Edmund A.
Hilfiker, Alan F.
Jackson, Thomas H.
Jones, Michael E.
Keegan, Robert J.
Kelly, John M.
Knight, Ronald B.
Lange, Louis G., M.D.
LeChase, R. Wayne
Lione, Gail A.
Mack, Joseph P.
Manian, Bala S.
Messinger, Martin E.
Meyer, Barry M.
Moser, Nathan F.
Moses, Bruce H.
Munnerlyn, Charles R.
Murray, Kathleen A.
Neilly, Andrew H., Jr.
O'Brien, Dennis
Osieski, Robert M.
Price, Francis L.
Prince, Brian F.
Prokupets, Elena A.
Rea, C. Woodrow, Jr.
Rettner, Ronald M.
Richards, Thomas S.
Richardson, Arthur M.
Rosen, Michael S.
Sands, Richard
Saunders, E. Philip
Scheerschmidt, Robert H.
Sloan, Thomas R.
Standish, Peter D.
Stark, Raymond C.
Wegman, Daniel R.
Whitney, Ralph R., Jr.
Wilmot, Thomas C.
Willett, Janice M.
Winters, Mary-Frances
Wisch, Nathaniel, M.D.
Lea Nordhaus
Secretary to the Board of Trustees
University of Rochester
lea.nordhaus@rochester.edu
John DiSarro
Assistant Chief of Staff and Assistant Secretary to the Board of Trustees
University of Rochester
John.DiSarro@rochester.edu
Sarabeth Rogoff
Director of University Engagement
University of Rochester
sarabeth.rogoff@rochester.edu